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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:
E. Neil Lewis, Brookeville, MD (US);
Donald Craig Lynch, Frederick, MD (US);
Inventors:
E. Neil Lewis, Brookeville, MD (US);
Donald Craig Lynch, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
Malvern Instruments Incorporated, Southborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A spectral acquisition method includes actively processing a sample, such as a an opaque, friable pharmaceutical dosage unit, to expose characteristics of interior portions of the sample, and acquiring spectral information from the interior portions.